Time travel quotes

I think it’s worth taking the time to talk about time! This page contains a list of quotes I’m come across related to both time and time travel. Enjoy, re-use and paraphrase (if you must!)

“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” – Albert Einstein.

“Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.” Jim Bishop.

“When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It’s like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?” – Bill Nye.

“Time is precious – spend it wisely”. Anonymous.

“Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, and, like the flash of lightning, at once exists and expires.” Charles Caleb Colton.

“The bottom line is that time travel is allowed by the laws of physics.” – Brian Greene.

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” – Winston Churchill

“The best way to predict the future is to create it” – Peter Drucker

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Althsuler